Nexstar4se

I have a nexstar 4se, and i find it to be a nice planetary nebula hunter, its really good at it, ive done the eskimo nebula in high detail, blue snowball, saturn, orion nebula, hubble var., M78, flame nebula, andromeda, and one thing to do, is to get the F6.3 reducer, which will put the scope at ~F/8-10 (havent really tested)

On 28/01/2013 at 11:31, twelly27 said:

I saw the nebula for the first time last night, (27th January 2013) I was wondering if there is a common exposure time or is each telescope different? I'm new to all of this as I got my telescope for the Christmas just gone, I've done pictures of the moon easily it's the planets and nebula I'm struggling with can anyone help? The telescope I've got is Skymax 127 SynScan AZ GOTO Telescope i understand I may need a new mount as the one I've got isn't the best if there's tips or trick id be glad to listen

Thanks Chris Twell

Hey chris, i have a Celestron Nexstar 4se Mak and they are really similar, my orion is usually done at ISO 3200-6400 10second exposure  2.5-5minute exposures at lower ISO (400-1600